ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.02 -> 6.03

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diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/Changes b/lib/ExtUtils/Changes
index 268065a..39bd0c8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/Changes
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+6.03 Wed Jun 19 17:06:14 EDT 2002
+    - Documented that we're clamping down on cargo-cult MakeMaker
+      programming.
+    - Eased up the parameter verification to leave errant values alone.
+    - Doug MacEachern documented LDDLFLAGS and added to known parameters.
+    - Possible fix for XS compiles on Cygwin for pre 5.8 perls.
+
 6.02 Sat Jun 15 19:46:06 EDT 2002
     - ExtUtils::Installed->modules() was broken in scalar context
     - Sync bleadperl 16922:  Netware updates from Ananth Kesari.

diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm
index 09dd692..3c37ffd 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require ExtUtils::MM_Any;
 require ExtUtils::MM_Unix;
 @ISA = qw( ExtUtils::MM_Any ExtUtils::MM_Unix );
 
-$VERSION = 1.03;
+$VERSION = 1.04;
 
 sub cflags {
     my($self,$libperl)=@_;
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ q[-e 'next if -e $$m{$$_} && -M $$m{$$_} < -M $$_ && -M $$m{$$_} < -M "],
 sub perl_archive {
     if ($Config{useshrplib} eq 'true') {
         my $libperl = '$(PERL_INC)' .'/'. "$Config{libperl}";
-        $libperl =~ s/a$/dll.a/;
+        if( $] >= 5.007 ) {
+            $libperl =~ s/a$/dll.a/;
+        }
         return $libperl;
     } else {
         return '$(PERL_INC)' .'/'. ("$Config{libperl}" or "libperl.a");

diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
index 91cc91c..901bd13 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 
 BEGIN {require 5.005_03;}
 
-$VERSION = "6.02";
+$VERSION = "6.03";
 $Version_OK = "5.49";   # Makefiles older than $Version_OK will die
                         # (Will be checked from MakeMaker version 4.13 onwards)
-($Revision = substr(q$Revision: 1.61 $, 10)) =~ s/\s+$//;
+($Revision = substr(q$Revision: 1.63 $, 10)) =~ s/\s+$//;
 
 require Exporter;
 use Config;
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ my %Att_Sigs =
  INST_MAN3DIR       => '',
  INST_SCRIPT        => '',
  _KEEP_AFTER_FLUSH  => '',
+ LDDLFLAGS          => '',
  LDFROM             => '',
  LIB                => '',
  LIBPERL_A          => '',
@@ -171,12 +172,6 @@ my %Att_Sigs =
  tool_autosplit => 'hash',
 );
 
-my %Default_Att = (
-                   ''     => '',
-                   hash   => {},
-                   array  => [],
-                   code   => sub {},
-                  );
 
 sub _verify_att {
     my($att) = @_;
@@ -198,7 +193,6 @@ sub _verify_att {
                                      : "string/number";
             warn "WARNING: $key takes a $takes not a $has.\n".
                  "         Please inform the author.\n";
-            $att->{$key} = $Default_Att{$sigs[0]};
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1290,8 +1284,8 @@ recommends it (or you know what you're doing).
 
 =head2 Using Attributes and Parameters
 
-The following attributes can be specified as arguments to WriteMakefile()
-or as NAME=VALUE pairs on the command line:
+The following attributes may be specified as arguments to WriteMakefile()
+or as NAME=VALUE pairs on the command line.
 
 =over 2
 
@@ -1582,6 +1576,14 @@ Directory, where executable files should be installed during
 testing. make install will copy the files in INST_SCRIPT to
 INSTALLSCRIPT.
 
+=item LDDLFLAGS
+
+Any special flags that might need to be passed to ld to create a
+shared library suitable for dynamic loading.  It is up to the makefile
+to use it.  (See L<Config/lddlflags>)
+
+Defaults to $Config{lddlflags}.
+
 =item LDFROM
 
 Defaults to "$(OBJECT)" and is used in the ld command to specify
@@ -1975,7 +1977,7 @@ MakeMaker object. The following lines will be parsed o.k.:
 
     $VERSION = '1.00';
     *VERSION = \'1.01';
-    ( $VERSION ) = '$Revision: 1.61 $ ' =~ /\$Revision:\s+([^\s]+)/;
+    ( $VERSION ) = '$Revision: 1.63 $ ' =~ /\$Revision:\s+([^\s]+)/;
     $FOO::VERSION = '1.10';
     *FOO::VERSION = \'1.11';
     our $VERSION = 1.2.3;       # new for perl5.6.0 
@@ -2133,6 +2135,27 @@ Makefile:
     MAKE_FRAG
     }
 
+=head2 The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
+
+WriteMakefile() now does some basic sanity checks on its parameters to
+protect against typos and malformatted values.  This means some things
+which happened to work in the past will now throw warnings and
+possibly produce internal errors.
+
+Some of the most common mistakes:
+
+=over 2
+
+=item C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
+
+This is commonly used to supress the creation of man pages.  MAN3PODS
+takes a hash ref not a string, but the above worked by accident in old
+versions of MakeMaker.
+
+The correct code is C<<MAN3PODS => { }>>.
+
+=back
+
 
 =head2 Hintsfile support
 

diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/t/writemakefile_args.t b/lib/ExtUtils/t/writemakefile_args.t
index 2160f08..f4b4daf 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/t/writemakefile_args.t
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/t/writemakefile_args.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 use strict;
-use Test::More tests => 16;
+use Test::More tests => 13;
 
 use TieOut;
 use MakeMaker::Test::Utils;
@@ -35,33 +35,35 @@ ok( chdir 'Big-Dummy', "chdir'd to Big-Dummy" ) ||
         $warnings .= join '', @_;
     };
 
-    my $mm = WriteMakefile(
-        NAME            => 'Big::Dummy',
-        VERSION_FROM    => 'lib/Big/Dummy.pm',
-        MAN3PODS        => ' ', # common mistake
-    );
+    my $mm;
+
+    eval {
+        $mm = WriteMakefile(
+            NAME            => 'Big::Dummy',
+            VERSION_FROM    => 'lib/Big/Dummy.pm',
+            MAN3PODS        => ' ', # common mistake
+        );
+    };
 
     is( $warnings, <<VERIFY );
 WARNING: MAN3PODS takes a hash reference not a string/number.
          Please inform the author.
 VERIFY
-    is_deeply( $mm->{MAN3PODS}, {}, 'Wrong argument type corrected' );
 
     $warnings = '';
-    $mm = WriteMakefile(
-        NAME            => 'Big::Dummy',
-        VERSION_FROM    => 'lib/Big/Dummy.pm',
-        AUTHOR          => sub {},
-    );
+    eval {
+        $mm = WriteMakefile(
+            NAME            => 'Big::Dummy',
+            VERSION_FROM    => 'lib/Big/Dummy.pm',
+            AUTHOR          => sub {},
+        );
+    };
 
     is( $warnings, <<VERIFY );
 WARNING: AUTHOR takes a string/number not a code reference.
          Please inform the author.
 VERIFY
 
-    is_deeply( $mm->{AUTHOR}, '' );
-
-
     # LIBS accepts *both* a string or an array ref.  The first cut of
     # our verification did not take this into account.
     $warnings = '';
@@ -87,15 +89,16 @@ VERIFY
     is_deeply( $mm->{LIBS}, ['-lwibble', '-lwobble'] );
 
     $warnings = '';
-    $mm = WriteMakefile(
-        NAME            => 'Big::Dummy',
-        VERSION_FROM    => 'lib/Big/Dummy.pm',
-        LIBS            => { wibble => "wobble" },
-    );
+    eval {
+        $mm = WriteMakefile(
+            NAME            => 'Big::Dummy',
+            VERSION_FROM    => 'lib/Big/Dummy.pm',
+            LIBS            => { wibble => "wobble" },
+        );
+    };
 
     # We'll get warnings about the bogus libs, that's ok.
     like( $warnings, qr{^WARNING: LIBS takes a array reference or string/number not a hash reference}m );
-    is_deeply( $mm->{LIBS}, [] );
 
 
     $warnings = '';